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"Stainless" Finished!

Hello everyone, I'm starting to build up my late '60's Murray built twin top tube Sears.
It will feature a springer front end, ape hangers, 175mm Sugino one piece
cranks, and fat/skinny White wall tires.
I'm very pleased with the rust-oleum appliance epoxy in Stainless Steel. The frame
paint came out very nice! I'm still undecided on a wheel color... Cherry Red, Orange, or
a dark Green. Here are some pictures of my progress. Tom

Thanks! I'm not going to get caught takin' the wife's bike apart Dr. T! I decided on Green for the wheels. Tailwinds, I think some black stripes on the wheels would look good too. I've got a big old Troxel springer that I will be using along with some new Schwinn silver sparkle grips. Somebody had the seat apart and sprayed the pan and springs black, but it wasn't re-assembled correctly. I'm using Duplicolor Detroit Diesel Alpine Green engine paint for the wheels. I also grabbed a headlight off of one of the bikes behind the garage and painted it up with the Detroit Green and Stainless. Tom

Well, I had a major setback this afternoon The Duplicolor doesn't get along with the Rustoleum primer... I set everything up, and shot the primed and sanded wheel with the Green. It looked great for about 2 minutes, and then started to wrinkle up. I believe the neighbors a mile down the road heard me yelling :x So, I'll let it dry overnight and strip it tomorrow. I've got some aluminum parts to polish tonight to keep me busy. Tom

I finished up the fender this evening, and I'm very happy with the results. It still needs to be soaked in Oxalic acid to clean it up. The front rim is ready for paint, and I'm re-assembling the rear wheel coaster hub tonight. I still need to rebuild and recover the seat, but I haven't decided what I'm going to do with it. Here are some pictures of the fender. Tom

Wow! I'm really digin' the fender! Wonder if you could just scrub it with a Scotchbrite pad to give it a stainless look? :idea:
PS, if I steal your idea to put the holes in my fender, I'll give you the credit, okay? :wink:

I added some black stripes to the hubs, and found some vinyl for the old Troxel seat. I'm heading North for the Deer season opener tomorrow morning, so I'll get back to the bike next weekend. Fireproof, go ahead and punch some holes brother! Tom